Three Core Principles that Explain Change - Chapter 2

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What are the three core principles that explain change

  • WHAT

  • WHAT

  • WHAT

What are the three core principles that explain change

  • The maturity principle

  • The cumulative continuity principle

  • The corresponsive principle

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The maturity principle

Traits associated with positive adaptation and successful adult roles tend to increase in average levels during adulthood

  • Higher agreeableness and conscientiousness + lower neuroticism are linked to better relationships

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The cumulative continuity principle

Personality attributes show increasing stability with age

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The corresponsive principle

Pre-existing personalities and environmental contexts work together to promote continuity - environments reinforce the traits that drew the person into those environments

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Young adulthood is the most active period of WHAT

Young adulthood is the most active period of CHANGE

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Stability increases with age but is never perfect

  • As you get older your personality WHAT, but it never
    fully locks in. WHAT is always possible at any point in the
    lifespan

Stability increases with age but is never perfect

  • As you get older your personality SETTLES DOWN, but it never
    fully locks in. CHANGE is always possible at any point in the
    lifespan

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WHAT make the biggest changes happen

  • Finishing school, starting careers, forming partnerships, parenthood — these role transitions cause the most personality change (Donnellan et al., 2007

LIFE STAGES make the biggest changes happen

  • Finishing school, starting careers, forming partnerships, parenthood — these role transitions cause the most personality change (Donnellan et al., 2007

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Most measured change happens in your WHAT

Most measured change happens in your 20’s

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As you get older

  • Extraversion: WHAT

  • Agreeableness: WHAT

  • Conscientiousness: WHAT

  • Neuroticism: WHAT

  • Openness to Experience: WHAT

As you get older

  • Extraversion: Increases

  • Agreeableness: Increases

  • Conscientiousness: Increases

  • Neuroticism: Decreases

  • Openness to Experience: Decreases